Lasted until 1996 when it merged with the Burlington Northern Railway to become the BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe), and much of its former trackage is still used to this very day. Railroads, with many famous trains such as the Super Chief, California Limited, Grand Canyon Limited, and the Southwestern Chief, which to this day is still operated by Amtrak. Despite that, the Santa Fe has become one of the US's most memorable Through many subsidiary railroads and leases to use otherĬompany's track, they finally made it to LA by 1887, but never actually reached the town of Santa Fe except by a branchline. Santa Fe, New Mexico, the railroad had high hopes of one day expanding to the coast at Los Angeles or San Francisco, California. Starting out in 1859, with the aim of connecting the towns of Atchison and Topeka, Kansas to Of over 9,269.20 miles of railroad trackage all over the American west and mid-west. One of the largest railroads in the United States, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway ran between Los Angeles, CA and Chicago, IL, at the height of their reign they had a total ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY (LATER BNSF)
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